Get ready for a chilling expedition through the heart of Connecticut as we uncover the dark histories and ghostly secrets surrounding some of this great state’s iconic haunted places. From one of the most terrifying roads in the USA, to an abandoned town that legend tells is cursed by disturbing creatures that creep from surrounding forests at night, each stop on this journey offers a glimpse in to the horrors hidden across the Constitution State. Are you sure you’re brave enough to delve in to an underground prison where ghostly inmates still serve time from beyond the grave? And what really lurks in the crumbled ruins of an overgrown castle tucked away within one of our most popular state parks? Tune in… if you dare.
Intro Music:
A Singular Perversion – Darkness by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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“Chapman Falls located in Devil’s Hopyard State Park, East Haddam, Connecticut LCCN2012630437”, “Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut LCCN2012630954”, “Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut LCCN2012630938”, “Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut LCCN2012630945”, “Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut LCCN2012630941”, “Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut LCCN2012630804”, “Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut LCCN2012630948”, “Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut LCCN2012630952” and “Chapman Falls located in Devil’s Hopyard State Park, East Haddam, Connecticut LCCN2012630429” are by Carol M. Highsmith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carol_M._Highsmith)
“Heathestone Castle in 2019” by Geraldshields11 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Geraldshields11) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
“Hearthstone Castle Interior Main Room” by GTJuggernaut (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:GTJuggernaut&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
“Hearthstone Castle Danbury Connecticut” (x4) by likeaduck (https://www.flickr.com/photos/thartz00/) is licensed under CC BY 2.0
“GuilfordCT DudleytownHD 1” and “GuilfordCT DudleytownHD 2” by Magicpiano (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Magicpiano) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
“Connecticut’s Historic Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine to Re-Open to the Public on July 14 (41514171450)” by Dannel Malloy (https://www.flickr.com/people/57939039@N08) is licensed under CC BY 2.0
“Downs Road, Bethany, Connecticut (53834031755)”, “Sherman Ave and Whitney Ave, Mount Carmel, Hamden, CT (53950590133)” by Ethan Long (https://www.flickr.com/people/188360586@N03) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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Happy thanksgiving! haven’t watched a video in awhile (Names Latavia) happy to watch this after lots of yummy food 😋
I do always look forward to your videos. I love the history, as well as the creepy tales.
Happy Thanksgiving hope y'all are having a safe Thanksgiving
My state is so screwed up. Although I will say apparently, Dogman has been spotted in Ashford Connecticut as well. Yeah, we are a screwed up state
Thank you for sharing this with us! Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🦃 🍁
Hmm, let's see if I can predict some of the locations before I watch: Dudleytown, Newtown/Fairfield State Asylum, Norwich Asylum, Union Cemetery/White Lady, Undercliff Asylum, Downes Road, maybe Whirlwind Hill Road, Guntown Cemetery… some people say Devil's Hopyard but that's more colonial superstition lore than anything. Oh yeah there's that house in Southington they based that movie "Haunting in Connecticut" on, it's about on par with Amityville iirc. Let's see how many they pick up on, it's a rather long episode so… (didn't read the info box, otherwise I could have accurately named most of them by description.)
Ok so this sounds like more of a top most popular/well known haunted locations list rather than most haunted by claimed activity. Fair but as a lifelong native who's into this shit… meh. There'd better be a followup video in the future, cause this one was all low hanging fruit.
Well I've never heard of the Hearthstone Castle hauntings, just the castle itself. I should go visit that next hiking season…
The Dudleytown "curse" is bullshit. There's been investigations done, and they've concluded there's no familial lineage or link between those English Dudleys and the Dudleys in Cromwell, CT. I think even the legend about the coup d'etat is inaccurate, but don't quote me on that.
Totally forgot about Old Newgate though. That's a good one. Added to the list for next spring.
You saved Downes Road for the last entry because it's most scary & terrifying? Come on dude… no. I've driven that road many times, especially a great place for burn rides. It's beautiful out there in that area. Never experienced anything driving along the parts of Downes that are still paved in the hundreds of times I've been on it, no dying car nor demonic voices or phantom hitch hikers. I've even walked the stretch in the woods once, didn't catch anything that time. And fwiw, it's pretty much all private property with homes on both sides of the gates. You're not welcome there, so tread lightly. Then again, I haven't driven it at 3am so take that for what you will. I'm honestly surprised he didn't mention the stupid Melon Head legend about Downes, think The Hills Have Eyes but in CT. I mean he brought up the lore for Devil's Hopyard and Dudleytown, what gives?
As far as I'm aware, there's no official camping nor hiking close by; the water you mention is a protected reservoir to my knowledge. The Blue Trail travels on one of the nearby ridges to the East of there, but it's on a separate ridge not connected to Downes iirc. You can catch it at Sleeping Giant on the East side of Whitney Ave, but then further north you can catch it on the West side at Roaring Brook Falls which is on the same ridge as Downes is nearby, so it crosses over at some point… but there's no trailheads or anything in the vicinity of the road.
The narrator's giving Hamden a lot more of a favorable depiction than it deserves though, the outskirts are fine but the city center is a cesspool. Bethany is a really nice place though, accurate.
From the entries on this list, I have personally been to Devil's Hopyard, Dudleytown, and Downes Road. I do not see anything more than legends at these particular locations.That being said, I have been to other haunted locations in the state where I am willing to say I encountered paranormal activity in full confidence.
Take Undercliff Asylum/Sanitarium which I mentioned at the beginning, that shit was definitely haunted. It's long demolished now, but if you look it up online there's a story about a kid who was shanked to death by other kids in an outside courtyard. I 100% encountered that spirit on one of my visits, and I didn't even know about the story until I got home afterwards and did more research. The activity that happened lined up perfectly with the story that I read like an hour after it happened to me. If somebody wants to hear that story I'll share it, but it's probably longer than what I already wrote so far.
Pretty good episode in a general sense, but as a CT native for almost 40 years it was a bit weak. Hopefully the followup video in the future covers some more substantial locations.
I will know where all these are 🧐
With CT being so drastically left-leaning I can tell you first hand that living in the state period is terrifying.
Thank you, Fright Night. I hope everyone had a safe and thankful Thanksgiving .